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Monday, 13 October 2014

Saudi Arabia is an Islamic
country or you can say it is head quarter of all Islamic world due to Makkah and
Madina. Most of the rules implemented in Saudi Arabia are based upon Sharia
guidelines. Although Saudis believe and say that all their rules is Sharia
compliant but few scholars have reservations upon this statement. I am not a
religious scholars so don’t want to comment about it. However, the punishment
of adultery (Zina) and homosexuality are very hard in Islam as well as in Saudi
Arabia. Personally, I do support this punishment of Islam as deceiving your partner and going somewhere else should be punished like that.

Adultery
(Zina) committed by married person

If a married person
commits adultery, he or she is to be stoned to death. This is the harshest
punishment in Islam. However, there are some exceptions to this punishment
which are explained below. Punishment of rape by a married person is also the
same. However, I have heard that in Saudi Arabia before giving anyone this punishment, they are given medicine which make them faint mentally. People say that they do not feel pain after that. Well, I do not know about the reality, it is just what I have heard from people.

Adultery
(Zina) committed by Unmarried Person

If an unmarried person commits
adultery, he or she will be lashed 100 times irrespective of the gender. The punishment
of adultery for unmarried persons is lower than the married people because they
are immature so can be involved in such acts. Well, you can understand 100 lashes is not a light punishment. I do not think anyone can survive if he is lashed 100 times on a single day. Perhaps this is the reason they have introduced a system where perpetrators are lashed in installments. This is another reason Islam preaches Muslims to marry their children in early age. If they are married, there are less chances of being involved in such kind of activities.

Punishment
of Homosexuality

This is also a very strong
sin in Saudi Arabia and treated with the penalty of death. Men and women are
not allowed to commit this crime. Penalty or punishment of homo-sexuality in
Saudi Arabia is execution in Islamic way. In Islam committer is executed by
beheading which is said to be the least painful way of execution. However,
there are some exceptions to this punishment which are explained below.

Offenders
Excluded from Death Penalty

Pregnant
Women are excluded to be penalized to the death. The reason
of imposing this law is that execution of a pregnant woman will result in
execution of two lives including the life of unborn child who has not committed
any offense.

Women
with Small Children are excluded to be penalized to death. A
woman is not beheaded or stoned unless her child becomes two years old. Medical
Science has proved that in first two years, milk of mother is the best diet for
any child. However, she is executed after her child becomes two years old.

Mentally
Sick People are also excluded from penalty of death. A
person who does not have mental awareness of the consequences of his acts is
not criminally responsible beyond payment of compensation.

Minor
cannot
be given penalty of death. He cannot be executed for the crimes he has
committed during the time when he/she was minor. However, definition of minor
in Saudi Arabia is different from other parts of the world. In Saudi Arabia,
minor means a person who has not reached to majority. It can be any time after
the age of 15 for men and after the age of 9 for women.